This crossword No. 23049 clues and answers were published on Tue 27 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23049 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – cccccc aaaaaa tttttt? : THREELINEWHIP
10-across – Endless financial support not starting around end of May : UNDYING
11-across – Italian dish with instruction underneath in Italian : RISOTTO
12-across – Chop back, chop, remove centre right : EXACT
13-across – Worm turning to red meat : TREMATODE
14-across – Layer around left layer : TILER
16-across – O’Connor clutches swooning lady in lust, perhaps : DEADLYSIN
18-across – Entry into Baghdad wasn’t about overthrowing of government, so has come apart : UNCOUPLED
19-across – Star inside nebula : DENEB
20-across – With heads rolling, a desire for one’s own to do so? : DEATHWISH
23-across – Nut cuts star in half : BETEL
24-across – Ringer, a monster : CHIMERA
25-across – Not all the book, but about right : EXCERPT
26-across – Man, the soldier : GUANTANAMOBAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Around university hardly in trouble: one caught and given type of suspension : HYDRAULIC
3-down – I’d say women are for cooking and ironing, get decapitated, but live : EXIST
4-down – Smoker’s request made for dieting : LIGHT
5-down – Guardian over issue is unarmed when edited : NURSEMAID
6-down – Manilow finally worried, having offered Silent Night : WASSAILED
7-down – Opening bars, take penny off drink and bar won’t close : INTRO
8-down – Bear much about non-A1 communications medium – blame him? : RUPERTMURDOCH
9-down – What do you want from us, Tony Blair? Give over! : GOVERNABILITY
15-down – Clue for when without refinement : ROUGHHEWN
16-down – In retirement, a country boy follows a spiritual man : DALAILAMA
17-down – Atmosphere’s raised about bodily form, losing my patients here : SANATORIA
21-down – Gilded cube is so long : ADIEU
22-down – Beast with desire in its brief call? : HYENA
23-down – Fine young beast brought up to become young man : BUCKO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.